Brookshire Brothers Joins Smoker Friendly

41 locations in Texas sign on to authorized dealer program

November 21, 2008

BOULDER, Colo. -- Smoker Friendly International has announced the signing of Brookshire Brothers, dba Tobacco Barn and Petro Barn, with 41 locations in Texas to the Smoker Friendly Authorized Dealer program. Brookshire Brothers is the only Smoker Friendly Authorized Dealer in Texas to carry the exclusive line of the SF/Smoker Friendly tobacco brand family along with other tobacco and tobacco accessory offerings.

Brookshire Brothers diversified their operations in 1997, opening its first Tobacco Barn, specifically designed for the convenient and effective distribution of [image-nocss] a full line of tobacco products to consumers.

Brookshire Brothers is an employee-owned grocery chain headquartered in Lufkin, Texas, with more than 70 grocery stores and convenience stores throughout Texas and Louisiana. It is also one of the world's leading retail distributors of Conoco-branded gasoline.

Boulder, Colo.-based Smoker Friendly International is dedicated to the sale and promotion of cigarettes, cigars, all other tobacco products and related smoker's accessories in its stores through friendly and knowledgeable store operators. With more than 500 stores across the United States, Smoker Friendly is America's largest cigarette and tobacco store (CTS) retailer, it said. It provides existing tobacco retailers the opportunity to join its organization through the Smoker Friendly Authorized Dealer Program, allowing them to benefit from the synergies of being part of the SF brand and buying group

Since 2003 CSP magazine has ranked No. 1 in readership and market share over all other industry publications. C-store marketers have identified CSP as the preferred magazine source for their trade marketing communications. With industry-leading, highly targeted circulation to more than 100,000 subscribers, CSP reaches the key convenience retailing decision-makers fifteen times a year.